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Rock and rip
Published May 7, 2008
EdVoice, that controversial Sacramento lobbying organization, has already rolled out at least two mailers on behalf of 78th District Democratic assembly candidate Marty Block, chairman of the board of the San Diego Community College District. According ...
Indian givers
Published May 7, 2008
The long-running dispute between the Barona Indians and their neighbors over pumping water for the tribe’s golf course apparently demanded a recent firsthand inspection by county supervisor Ron Roberts. On February 20, according to recently ...
Mystery meat
Published May 7, 2008
Some San Diego city hall insiders are expecting the investigation announced this week by Mayor Jerry Sanders of that controversial Otay Mesa Blackwater training facility to be a whitewash. Exhibit number one, they argue, is ...
Never mind Published April 30, 2008
Political observers are scratching their heads over the unfortunate strategic timing of a new mailer being sent out by the campaign of Auday Arabo, the ... More Comment (1)
Tough guys Published April 30, 2008
The by-now-infamous F-word meltdown by San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders is only the latest instance in a long history of bad-boy behavior by the onetime ... More Comments (3)
Political dowries Published April 30, 2008
Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins — the former law firm of now-imprisoned superlawyer Bill Lerach — is throwing a fund-raiser for Mike Lumpkin, running ... More Post a comment
Duke’s legacy Published April 23, 2008
The United States Navy is still using software sold to it by ADCS, the Poway outfit founded by Brent Wilkes, convicted of bribery, fraud, conspiracy, ... More Post a comment
Scenes from a divorce Published April 23, 2008
It’s campaign season, time to delve into some colorful divorces of San Diego’s more-or-less rich and sort-of famous personalities. Earlier it was GOP city attorney ... More Comments (2)
The K word Published April 23, 2008
Thirty-Ninth District Democratic state senator Christine Kehoe is the chairwoman of the senate’s Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee, holding life-and-death power over bills crucial to ... More Comments (2)
Eat, drink, and be lobbying Published April 16, 2008
While the State of California is threatening to slash funds for everything from school teachers to parks, higher-ups out at UCSD continue to party on. ... More Post a comment
What recession? Published April 16, 2008
More UCSD spending: recently appointed UCSD health sciences counsel Anthony Perez is being paid an annual base salary of $210,000 and will be eligible for ... More Post a comment
Ghost of Nixon’s past Published April 16, 2008
Maybe it’s something in the water, but many of San Diego’s top Republican political players have lived to a ripe old age. Banker C. Arnholt ... More Comments (2)
Pete’s return Published April 9, 2008
Ex-mayor Pete Wilson, who retired as governor to a tony house in Los Angeles, returns to San Diego only occasionally these days to accept tributes ... More Comment (1)
Calling new cops Published April 9, 2008
Faced with continued departures from the ranks of its sworn officers due to low pay, low morale, and competition from other law enforcement agencies, the ... More Post a comment
Alien intelligence Published April 9, 2008
Information Week is out with a list of organizations that obtained H-1B visas to bring foreign “guest” workers into the country last year. They included ... More Comments (3)
Straight up Published April 9, 2008
The National Organization for Marriage California, a political committee sponsored by the National Organization for Marriage, a group backing a state measure to ban gay ... More Comments (7)
Shell game Published April 2, 2008
It’s getting hard to tell who is financing whom in the increasingly combative races for San Diego city council and city attorney. As the jousting ... More Post a comment
Quids, quos, and a pro Published April 2, 2008
The source of campaign money recently given to Marty Block may come to Democrats as a bit of a surprise. Block is the San Diego ... More Comment (1)
Bucks for friends Published April 2, 2008
San Diego’s GOP mayor Jerry Sanders has announced that under his direction the City has made a $5 million deposit at Neighborhood National Bank. “This ... More Comments (2)
Sweet deal Published March 26, 2008
It’s politics with an inside twist at the County Administration Building, where Jim Duffy, a sheriff’s lieutenant, took over earlier this year as Republican county ... More Comments (3)
San Diego to Sacramento Published March 26, 2008
Big labor is throwing in big money to oppose San Diego fifth district Republican city council candidate Carl DeMaio, a self-styled government reformer opposed by ... More Comment (1)
Dollar flows Published March 26, 2008
Employees of a small defense contractor headquartered in Mission Valley have created a stir in local political circles with their flurry of contributions this past ... More Comments (4)
Follow the money Published March 19, 2008
EdVoice, a controversial Sacramento lobbying and political action group closely aligned with Los Angeles billionaire Eli Broad and other wealthy advocates of public school privatization ... More Comments (3)
No go Published March 19, 2008
District Eight San Diego city councilman Ben Hueso has been told by the general counsel of the City’s Ethics Commission that he can’t vote on ... More Comment (1)
Taxing education Published March 12, 2008
It’s March, and that means it’s again time for San Diego State University Month, when the taxpayer-funded institution flexes its public relations muscle and shows ... More Comments (3)
Piggybanks Published March 12, 2008
Padres owner John Moores continues to pour cash into the legal defense fund of departing California Senate president pro tem Don Perata of Oakland, under ... More Post a comment
Stretches Published March 12, 2008
You know the political season is in high gear when candidates file their ballot statements, describing their personal achievements, with plenty of hyperbole thrown in ... More Comments (3)
Longhorned Published March 5, 2008
Texas buyout magnate T. Boone Pickens, who has a spread in Del Mar Country Club Estates near Rancho Santa Fe, is throwing a St. Patrick’s ... More Comment (1)
Muscled out Published March 5, 2008
What remains of San Diego’s rapidly diminishing press corps has always had a tough time getting a straight story out of Mayor Jerry Sanders and ... More Comments (2)
Lowery’s demise Published March 5, 2008
The San Diego State University Research Foundation has parted company with the firm of ex–GOP congressman Bill Lowery, its longtime lobbyist, who is currently under ... More Comment (1)
Busted Published Feb. 27, 2008
Back in July 2001, then–San Diego mayor Dick Murphy and the rest of the city council voted to give a cool $1 million of taxpayer ... More Post a comment
Juiced old boys Published Feb. 27, 2008
Old politicos never die, they just become consultants and fade onto the advisory boards of taxpayer-funded organizations, where they make wealthy new friends, line up ... More Post a comment
Schmoozing with Sanders Published Feb. 20, 2008
A big new raft of San Diego city lobbyist registrations are in, and not surprisingly many of the most prosperous influence peddlers also happen to ... More Post a comment
Dreamy Published Feb. 20, 2008
Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has lately been picking up big pieces of change from San Diego County fat cats. The governor’s “Dream Team” committee collected ... More Comment (1)
Out of the lobby Published Feb. 20, 2008
Back in November, we reported here that San Diego County district attorney Bonnie Dumanis spent a total of $35,680 in the second quarter of last ... More Comment (1)
Down beat Published Feb. 13, 2008
It’s no secret that San Diego State’s KPBS public broadcasting department has been cutting back on producers and local coverage, the most prominent examples being ... More Post a comment
Mother of Mogadishu Published Feb. 13, 2008
Now that it’s been announced that Padres owner John Moores is splitting up with wife Becky and she is presumed to be in line under ... More Comment (1)
Brian's singsong Published Feb. 13, 2008
Now that Super Tuesday is out of the way, the real business of politics can begin. On February 20, GOP congressman Brian Bilbray, who replaced ... More Comment (1)
Unnecessary roughness Published Feb. 6, 2008
Jostling in the race for San Diego city attorney is becoming more pronounced as the major candidates lining up against incumbent Mike Aguirre seek to ... More Comments (6)
Greedy Published Feb. 6, 2008
With recession looming and tax revenues falling at an unprecedented rate, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the legislature are threatening draconian reductions in state spending, including ... More Post a comment
Hil raising Published Feb. 6, 2008
When one Democratic presidential candidate swung through town last Friday, the business of the San Diego State University Research Foundation’s investment committee was put on ... More Post a comment
Clowns of the GOP Published Jan. 30, 2008
How much does it cost to harass Mike Aguirre? San Diego County’s Republican Central Committee forked over $375 on the 16th of this month to ... More Post a comment
Preppy Head-Hunt Published Jan. 30, 2008
La Jolla’s Bishop’s School, tony alma mater of the late Andrew Cunanan, the gay serial killer who murdered fashion icon Gianni Versace before killing himself ... More Post a comment
Keep out of jail cash Published Jan. 30, 2008
Padres owner John Moores, no stranger to legal scrapes himself, has given $25,000 to the legal defense fund of state Senate President Pro Tem Don ... More Comment (1)
Circle of Friends Published Jan. 23, 2008
A firm run by San Diego mayor Jerry Sanders's key political advisor has lobbied city hall during the run-up to Sanders’s re-election bid, raising conflict-of-interest ... More Comments (2)
House of Sand and Cash Published Jan. 23, 2008
Those posh new digs for UCSD's chancellor will have to wait at least another month or so. In the face of protests from historical preservationists ... More Post a comment
Desert of the heart Published Jan. 16, 2008
There’s been another development in the slow but steady liquidation of the newspaper holding company of late Union-Tribune owner Helen Copley. Last week Copley Press ... More Post a comment
Cheesy Published Jan. 16, 2008
The California Tribal Business Alliance, a well-heeled political action committee backed by six Indian tribes, including the Pauma Band of Luiseño Indians and the Viejas ... More Post a comment
Charity Begins at the Mansion Published Jan. 16, 2008
With Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposing draconian cuts — including closing 48 state parks and beaches, slashing Medi-Cal and school funding, and releasing 22,159 “low risk” ... More Comment (1)
Blowback Published Jan. 9, 2008
A limousine operator in Washington, D.C., linked to the Randy “Duke” Cunningham scandal is suing the Copley Press for libel, alleging that Union-Tribune business writer ... More Post a comment
Charity Begins in Chula Vista Published Jan. 9, 2008
Charger owner Alex Spanos, who has proclaimed Chula Vista the ultimate locale of his new football stadium — if it is to be built in ... More Post a comment
Boxed in Published Jan. 9, 2008
If past behavior is any guide, last weekend’s playoff game between the Chargers and the Tennessee Titans resulted in a full house at the City’s ... More Post a comment
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